Environmental change over the last millennium recorded in two contrasting crater lakes in western Uganda, eastern Africa (Lakes Kasenda and Wandakara)

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 555-569

  Ryves, David B ^a   Mills, Keely ^a,g   Bennike, Ole ^b   Brodersen, Klaus Peter ^c   Lamb, Angela L ^d   Leng, Melanie J ^d   Russell, James M ^e   Ssemmanda, Immaculate ^f  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES; C/N RATIO; CATCHMENT SIZE; CHIRONOMIDS; CRATER LAKE; EASTERN AFRICA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FUTURE CLIMATE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN IMPACT; LAKE LEVELS; MACROFOSSILS; ORGANIC MATTER; POTENTIAL HAZARDS; SINGLE SITES; SOCIETAL IMPACTS; SPATIAL SIGNATURE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CATCHMENTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; LAKES; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRATER LAKE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MORPHOMETRY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE;

UGANDA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 79952037767     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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